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DOROTHY MAE CARUSO
DAUGHTER OF FRANCES VASQUEZ AND JOSEPH JOHN CARUSO

CLYDE AND DOROTHY DOROTHY ATTENDED SAN FERNANDO HIGH SCHOOL. SHE GRADUATED IN 1959. SHE WORKED PART TIME FOR SEARS FOR 9 MONTHS. SHE THEN WENT TO WORK FOR PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH (LATER TO BE CALLED PACIFIC BELL AND TODAY KNOWN AS SOUTHWESTERN BELL COMMUNICATIONS) IN APRIL OF 1960. DOROTHY WORKED AT VARIOUS JOBS WITHIN THE PHONE COMPANY STARTING OUT AS A OPERATOR AND ALMOST 33 YEARS LATER RETIRED AS A OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATOR. SHE MET SAM SMITH IN 1978 TOGETHER THEY LIVED IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. THEY MOVED TO LIVE WITH HONEY IN 1985. DOROTHY RETIRED IN 1993 TO BECOME THE PRIMARY CAREGIVER TO HONEY WHOSE HEALTH WAS STARTING TO FAIL.
THOUGH DOROTHY NEVER HAD CHILDREN, WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG SHE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FAVORITE AUNT TO SEVERAL OF HER NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SHE KEPT A CLOSET FULL OF GAMES AND TOYS TO ENTERTAIN THEM AND WOULD GO WITH THEM ON SPECIAL TRIPS, TRYING ALWAYS TO MAKE THEIR VISITS FUN.
DOROTHY LOVES ANIMALS AND WHEN HONEY WAS ALIVE AT ONE TIME THEY HAD 5 CATS AND 2 DOGS. DOROTHY AND HER SISTER JOANN SHARED AND ENJOYED MANY YEARS OF SHOPPING AND DOING DIFFERENT CRAFTS (THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO MAKE THEIR FORTUNES AND RETIRE EARLY) TOGETHER. THEY ALSO USED TO RENT A CABIN IN BIG BEAR EVERY SUMMER AND ALWAYS TOOK A SPARE TV SO THEY COULD PLAY NINTENDO, DO CRAFTS AND FEED THE SQUIRRELS.
DOROTHY AND SAM WERE MARRIED ON OCTOBER 19,1995. THEY PURCHASED HONEY'S HOUSE FROM HER SIBLINGS (AFTER MUCH TURMOIL) AND CONTINUED LIVING THEIR WITH THEIR 2 CATS AND 2 DOGS.

DOROTHY, SAM AND "HONEY"

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